Donald Trump sat down with 60 Minutes on November 13 for his first sit-down interview since stunning the world and political establishment by becoming the president-elect.

Interviewer Lesley Stahl peppered Trump with questions about policy and personality. Was he overwhelmed by the task ahead of him? (No, not really). Is he going to destroy ISIS? (Yes.) Is he going to tone it down now that he’s won? (Depends.) Did he really mean it about putting Hillary Clinton in jail (Probably not.) At least, he implied the latter. Stahl also interviewed Trump’s children and the soon-to-be First Lady.

1. He Wants Racists to ‘Stop It’

This was, perhaps, the most memorable moment of the interview. Queried about incidents of hate crimes occurring against ethnic minorities throughout the country since his election, Trump looked directly into the camera and demanded, “Stop it.”

You can watch the moment above. Trump called such incidents “terrible” but said he hadn’t heard about many of them. To the protesters, he said, “Don’t be afraid. We are going to bring our country back.”

Here’s a list of some of the hate crimes since the election (as well as some attacks that have occurred against Trump supporters):

It’s unclear at this point whether it’s reciprocal. (And you thought the bromance was going to be with Putin…) Some people on Twitter thought the real bromance was between President Obama and Joe Biden, though.

Trump to Stahl on Obama: “And it could have gone on for four hours. I mean it was– just– in fact, it was almost hard breaking it up because we had so many things to say…I found him to be terrific.”

Donald Trump streamed an unusual Facebook Live video with Bill Clinton accusers Kathleen Willey, Paula Jones, and Juanita Broaddrick and Kathy Shelton, who was a child when Hillary Clinton represented her alleged rapist as a lawyer.

Well, he actually was referring to a special prosecutor. He said he would tell Stahl next time she interviews him whether he actually plans to get a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton, adding, “I don’t want to hurt them (the Clintons). I don’t want to hurt them. They’re, they’re good people.”

Maybe not about beauty queens at 3 a.m., though. Actually, to really sound like Trump tweeting, the sentence would have to read this way: He’s still going to tweet!!!

Trump says that social media allowed him to counter biased news stories and reach millions of people with his messaging. It was sort of like a modern, far less congenial fireside chat, now that you think about it. On second hand, FDR didn’t use the fireside chats to troll enemies. He did use what was then a new form of communication (radio) to hold informal chats with Americans.

Trump told Stahl he’s going to dial it back now that he’s president-elect, but still use Twitter.

“I’m going to do very restrained, if I use it at all, I’m going to do very restrained. I find it tremendous. It’s a modern form of communication,” he said to Stahl.

12. He’s Got a Bunch of Lobbyists Working to Clean up Lobbying

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In so many words. Stahl asked Trump about the fact his transition team has a lot of lobbyists on it, since he’s vowed to clean up Washington of special interests.

12. He’s Going to Nominate Supreme Court Justices Who Are Pro Second Amendment & Pro Life

If Roe v. Wade ends up overturned, which he said he doesn’t think is on the horizon, abortion would become a state issue, and women who wanted abortions could just go to other states if their state banned it, Trump told Stahl:

“Yeah, well, they’ll perhaps have to go, they’ll have to go to another state,” he said to Stahl.

Jessica McBrideis a Heavy contributor. She was a crime, government, and breaking news reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and reporter for the Waukesha Freeman newspaper. Her award-winning work has appeared in numerous magazine, newspaper, and online publications. She has also appeared as a crime reporter on Investigation Discovery Channel, History Channel, and Oxygen Channel. She can be reached by email at jessica.mcbride@heavy.com.November 13, 2016 11:37 pm

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Well, we all knew that the wall had to have fencing in some areas, due to the nature of the terrain. So that’s no surprise. Likewise, keeping prior conditions is what the country wants in regards to healthcare coverage. So again, no surprise. As long as he gets rid of the Obamacare ponsey scheme, we’ll be happy.
What is troubling is Trump’s remarks regarding the Clintons. These are NOT good people, and he should have said so–and we the people who elected Trump are not going to be happy if he doesn’t go after Hillary, Comey, Lynch, Mills, and all the rest of that disgusting gang of criminals! But perhaps this is a strategic move on Trump’s part, so far now, he should probably be given the benefit of the doubt.